In a desperate move, the BCCI is planning a practice match for the Indian team. But no one can watch

The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to cancel the warm-up match against India A ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has attracted a lot of criticism. Considering the poor form that many Indian cricketers showed late, the Indian team has reportedly decided to schedule a three-day intra-squad practice match. However, the board wants to hold the match behind closed doors, with no public viewing possible. However, the BCCI wants all matters to remain internal until the start of the series.

The intra-squad warm-up match at the WACA will take place from Friday to Sunday. Once the warm-up game was scheduled, the BCCI ensured that public viewing would not be possible as the match would be played under lockdown conditions, The Western Australian reported.

A group of Indian players who arrived in Australia a few days ago have already started training. Virat Kohli was one of the first to land Down Under, but he missed the first training session on Tuesday. Jasprit Bumrah And Ravichandran Ashwin also missed an “optional” session.

However, colorless KL Rahul and the young star of discovery Yashasvi Jaiswalboth of which are expected to open in the Perth Test in Rohit SharmaIn the absence of the player, they were seen throwing hard yards into the nets. Wicket-batter Rishabh Pant was also part of the optional training.

The Indian cricket team needs to beat the Australians 4-0 in the 5-match series if they want to keep their World Test Championship final qualifying hopes in their hands. After losing the series 0–3 to New Zealand, India dropped to second place in the points table with Australia leading.

Form of top players like Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra JadejaRohit Sharma etc will play a big role in deciding the fate of the series. As for captain Rohit, it is not yet known whether he will take part in the first Test in Perth.